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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "williams suzan" <williamssuzan01@gala.net>
Reply-To: williams_suzan004@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 01:18:11 +0200
Subject: From Williams and Suzan Alfarouk/Appeal for Urgent Assistance.


*From Williams and Suzan Alfarouk/Appeal for Urgent Assistance.
*
**
*Dearest One,
Greetings in the name of God,We are Williams and Suzan Alfarouk from Sierra
Leone.We are writing you from Rep of Cote D'Ivoire where we Have been taking
refuge after the brutal war and Murder of our parents by the rebels during
the renewed Fighting in our country Sierra Leone Because of the war our late
Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote
d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300,000.00 Million(Eighteen Million Three
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in his foreign account with one of
the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire.We got your profiles and contact Please, We
have prayed before contacting you with the trust and faith in God that you
will be of help to me and my Sister who is seriously sick now coupled with
the current political situation in Ivory Coast now,We are seeking for your
honest assistance and good understanding to help us transfer this Money into
your account for a good investment Project in your country and also relocate
to your country with my younger sister Suzan to further our study as fast as
posible.We are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum for Your honest
assistance.Please for your good information this transaction Is 100% risk
free and has no connection with any illegal transaction, Please Help us to
get out of this terrible situation and our Almighty God will bless you.
Please quickly contact us through our private email address(
williamsuzanb@yahoo.com) for more important details and call kindly us with
this our telephone +22504388869 for more vital information.*
*
**Best Regards*
*Williams and Suzan Alfarouk.*
*+22504388869 *

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